 | Lady Matilda Ridout Edgar - 1912 - 604 páginas
...him to direct you to give up the land. It is true he is so far off he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out." The demands of Tecumseh as to lands and treaties were not complied with, therefore he summoned his... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - 1913 - 474 páginas
...Amer. Elhnol. (Washington), pp. 708-711. 32. TECUMSEH (the famous Shawnee chief). (a) The President may sit still in his town, and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out (said, to Gen. Harrison, in 1812.) (b) These lands are ours. No one has a right to remove us, because... | |
 | Ethel T. Raymond - 1915 - 200 páginas
...to direct you to give up this land. It is true he is so far off he will not be injured by the war ; he may sit still in his town and drink his wine, while you and I shall have to fight it out.' In the following spring (1811), when the Americans were distributing the... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - 1916 - 370 páginas
...purchase, and agree to make no more in the same manner, he would even become their ally, and would fight with them against the English ; if these terms could...and deliberate disclosure. ' The States had set the example,' he said, ' of forming a union among all the fires, — why should they censure the Indians... | |
 | Abraham E. Weaver - 1916 - 450 páginas
...direct you to give up the land. It is true he is so far off that he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town and drink his wine while you and I will have to fight it out." tion of the tribes, and preparing to erect a fort on the Wabash for the protection of the settlers... | |
 | Clement Luther Martzolff - 1917 - 264 páginas
...induce him to give up this land. It is true, he is so far off he will not be hurt by the war. He may sit in his town and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out." Things were getting into bad shape. The whites 182 were afraid of an Indian outbreak, and when an attempt... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1919 - 242 páginas
...to direct you to give up this land. It is true he is so far off he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out. " Still the clash was averted. Once more, in the summer of 1811, Tecumseh appeared at Vincennes, and... | |
 | Frederic Austin Ogg - 1919 - 250 páginas
...to direct you to give up this land. It is true he is so far off he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out. " Still the clash was averted. Once more, in the summer of 1811, Tecumseh appeared at Vincennes, and... | |
 | Jacob Piatt Dunn - 1919 - 628 páginas
...to direct you to give up the land. It is true, he is so far off he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out. ' ' TI PPECANOE and Battle The trouble had been brewing for several years. Tecumtha and his brother,... | |
 | JACOB PIATT DUNN - 1919 - 694 páginas
...to direct you to give up the land. It is true, he is so far off he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out." r The trouble had been brewing for several years. Tecumtha and his brother, La-lu-i-tsi-ka, the Prophet,... | |
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Well, as the great chief is to determine the matter, I hope the Great Spirit will put sense enough into His head to induce him to direct you to give up this land. It is true, he is so far off, he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his... 
